Valid Names Results

Ripersiella disjuncta (McKenzie, 1967) (Rhizoecidae: Ripersiella)

Nomenclatural History

• Rhizoecus disjunctus McKenzie 1967: 385. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Riverside County, Corona, on Eriogonum sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Ripersiella disjunctus (McKenzie, 1967); Kozar & Konczné Benedicty 2003: 236. change of combination
• Ripersiella disjuncta (McKenzie, 1967); Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2007: 386. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender

Common Names

• unipored mealybug McKenz1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• SzitaKoKo2020: pp.579 ( Adult (F) ) [Neotropical Ripersiella]
• KozarKo2007: pp.386-390 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]
• KozarKo2004: pp.325-328 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]
• WilliaGr1992: pp.497 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
• Hamble1976: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• McKenz1967: pp.371 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]

Remarks

• Biology: Living on the roots of its host plant.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by McKenzie (1967), Hambleton (1976), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).

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